Cigarette or cigar box.



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APPLICATION IILED'JUNE 20, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

A TOHNE YS BES resented April 12, 1904.

ALCIBIADES G. `PESli/LKL OFNEY YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE OR ClGAF? BOX.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters i Application filed .Tune 20, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALCIBIADns G. Psinnr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan,- in the county and State ot' New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigarette or Cigar Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.-

This invention relates to improvements in cigarette orcigar boxes of the kind in which the cigarettes or cigars are originally packed for sale; and an object is to provide a box of novel construction and having a receptacle for holding matches furnished with each package.

' I will describe a cigarette or cigar box ernbodying myinvention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to b e had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresl'ionding parts in all the figures.

Figure l. is a perspective `view of abox embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View thereof, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the inner or sliding member with the parts spread out to clearly show the construction.

The box comprises a casing l, el cardboard or other suitable material, closed at one end and open at the other.' In a side wall of this casing an opening 2 is formed, th ron gh which matches may be drawn or discharged. The inner member, arranged to slide in the casing, consists of a tray portion 3, in which cigarettes or the like are to be placed, andat the outer end the said sliding portion is provided with a closing-flap t for closing the end of the box when the tray is moved inward. Un the opposite or inner end of the tray the bottom. portion thereof has an extension 5, a portion (i oi' which immediately at the rear end of the end wall 7.01 the tray forms the bottom' wall of a matehereeeptacle. A portion 8 oi said extension forms a side wall ot' the receptacle, and

the part or body part, is designed to fold over a portion of the tray, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. This extension 5 has at its ends lateral fiaps 9, designed to engage against the sides of the tray. One side wall of the tray portion has an extension l0, forming the end wall ot' the nlatch-receptacle, the opposite end oi ting `Patent No. .757,225, dated April 12, 1904.

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receptacle being'let open. One side wall of the tray has a sanded part or portion 11,' on which the matches are to be scratched.

1n the operation when it is desired to remove a match the sliding member is to be drawn out until the open end or' the match-reM ceptacle registers with the opening 2, and it vwill be noted that the said opening 2 is near the lower edge oi the casing, so when one y er more matches remain in the box the same may be easily dropped out by turning the box practically edgewise. When the box is tilted, the cigarettes or the like will be prevented from falling out by means of the extension 5 `and also by means of the closureiap 4, the end 'ot' which may be engaged underneath said eX- tension.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- i. A box for the purpose described, comprising a casing member having an opening at one side.I and a sliding member having a matchreceptacle at its inner end, the said receptacle having an open end arranged -for registering with the side opening of the easing when said sliding member is partly drawn ont.

2. in a box, the combination with a casing member having an opening at one side, of an inner siiding member comprising a tray portion an extension from said tray portion adaptled to fold over the trag, J'he said extension also torining the top, bottom and a side wall of match-receptaele the inner end ot' the tray, and an extension on one of the side walls oi' the tray, formingran end wall of said recep- I tacle, the opposite end of said receptacle being open to register y rith the side opening of the casing.

3. ,ln a box, the combination with a casing member having an opening in one side near the lower edge, of an inner sliding member comprising a tray portion, an extension from, the bottom et' said tray portion adapted to fold over the tray, the said extension forming the p., bottom and a sid-e wall of a matclnreceptable at the inner ond, ot' the tray, and flaps on said extension lor engaging against the sides ot' the tray.

4. ln a bo'x, the combination with a casing closed at one end and open at thoother end,

ing member comprising a tray, an end-closure v for seid tray, an extension at the inner end of said-tray adajpted to fold 'over the tray, and

also to lform the walls of a 'matehmeceptacle at the rear end of the tray,v and lateral aps on said extension for engaging against the sides of the tray,v

' In a box, the combination with a. casing ber havinga tray portion, a flap at one end I5 f the tray forming a'closure, an extension on the opposlteend of the tray havinga portion the said ealsing'being providedjwith an openving in one of its side Wells, of an inner slid- 'forming the bottom wall of a match-reoeptacle, aiportion forming'the side wall of the roeptacle, a,` portion forming the top Wall of the 'i r'eoeptaelmnnd a 'portion extended overVl the 26 tray 'and having lateral flaps at its end ,for engaging the sides of the tray, said mateh-receptaolevbeing open at one end andclosed at' l the other end.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname 25 to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' ALCIBIADES G. PSIAKI.v

VVitnessesz.'v JNO. M. RITTER, C. R. FERGUSON. 

